Story

Description

A chickenpox epidemic sweeps through South Park, infecting Kenny and Stan's sister, Shelley. Stan, Kyle and Cartman haven't caught it yet, so their mothers, to get it out of the way, arrange for them to stay overnight at Kenny's house so they can be exposed. Cartman and Stan both get sick. Stan gets so bad that he's hospitalized with Shelley. Kyle, so far uninfected, discovers his mom's plan to "expose" them.

Kyle's mom has her hands full just now, because she's also trying to patch up a former friendship between her husband and Kenny's dad. The two men go away together on a fishing trip, but a fistfight soon erupts. Kenny's dad is jealous of Kyle's dad's success. Kyle's dad then makes a speech to Kyle about how, in a capitalist society, there has to be a hierarchy of "gods and clods." Kyle writes a school paper called "My Final Solution," in which he outlines a plan to eliminate all the clods. Not surprisingly, his father sees the error of his views.

The boys are outraged when they discover they're moms planned to get them all sick. Stan (unaware that he's deathly ill) escapes the hospital, rallies the boys and convinces them to take revenge on the adults. They hire a herpes-infected prostitute named Frida to visit their families' homes and lick and touch things. The parents find the kids and return them to the hospital. Suddenly Kyle becomes ill and passes out.

All four wind up in hospital beds, and all the parents get herpes. Everyone has a hearty laugh about it. Then Kenny flatlines. Then everyone laughs some more.

What I Learned Today

"I've realized I shouldn't be so cold towards people that are less fortunate than me."

Character Debuts

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Behind The Scenes

Pop Culture References

Shout Outs

The Monkees song "I'm A Believer" plays during a montage shot of Frida spreading herpes across town. Also Cartman sings Elvis Presley's "In The Ghetto" for the first (but not last) time while visiting Kenny's house. Finally, Cartman takes his Steve Urkel sleeping bag along for the sleepover.

The "entertainment system" at Kenny's house is a black-and-white TV and ColecoVision (an old, not-popular gaming console from the early 80s). After hearing the news, Kyle says, "Oh my god, this is like a third world country."

For his paper on "How I would make America better", Stan closes his argument with " and so that's why Knight Rider was the best show in America." Cartman takes a similar approach, finishing with this Star Wars reference " I hope that one day America could be more like Endor, where the Ewoks live. Endor is very cool." Cartman will again display his love for Ewoks in "Clubhouses".

Pwn'd

Dr. Doctor informs Stan's parents that he's suffering from a dangerous case of chickenpox that could "move through his inner ear to his brain, making him think he's David Duchovny."

Bonus Factoids

Pointless Observations

Kenny's brother's name is revealed to be Kevin. The bumper sticker on Kenny's dad's truck says "Know Fear."

Shelly likes the TV show Passion Cramps.

Kyle's Mom introduces a game called Ookie Mouth, the point of which is to have someone spit in you mouth, and try to swallow the spit while saying "ookie mouth" at the same time. Kyle can't do it.